GIVING BACK IS WHO WE ARE
Why The Team Up Community Challenge Became Averitt Tradition “Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It’s what you do for others,” said Danny Thomas, the founder of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. As we celebrate Averitt’s 50th anniversary this month, those words have never meant more for our team than they do today. Since 1971, our team has been known for teamwork, service and helping people succeed. To celebrate those values, in October 2011 we launched the 40 for 40 Community Challenge . in honor of our 40th birthday. We challenged every location to accumulate 40 hours of community service in the last three months of the year. It became an annual tradition. Since then, our associates have teamed up to donate thousands of hours of service to hundreds of organizations. For every hour donated since 2016, the company has made a donation to Averitt Cares for Kids , our associate -driven charity dedicated to supporting special organizations like St. Jude Children’s Hospital. And in preparation to celebrate our 50th anniversary, the name of the program changed in 2019 to the Team Up Community Challenge . It became a year-round event.
“There’s nothing more important than people,” says GARY SASSER . “Whether we’re providing excellent service to our customers and teammates, helping our neighbors, or supporting the patients and families of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital through Averitt Cares for Kids – giving back is who we are, and serving others is the heart of why we give our best in all we do. That’s why giving back will always be a cornerstone of Averitt’s culture.” The Team Up Community Challenge expresses our decades-long history of giving beyond ourselves and our plan to partner with associates to grow contributions to Averitt Cares for Kids and serve local community organizations. For 50 years, Averitt teammates have set an extraordinary tradition of giving to those in need. Together, we will continue to innovate and grow our match to the team’s community service program and make a powerful impact in the many years to come. SHARE HOW YOU TE AM UP Your accomplishments through Team Up inspire us all to give back, and every act of community service results in a matching contribution to Averitt Cares for Kids! All year long, please continue to send your Team Up Our Dallas team worked together and donated 150 cases of water bottles to the Grand Prairie Police Department. Pictured are DAVE MILLEA , KEVIN STAFFORD , CHARITY BAILY and DAVID VANMETER . Thank you for representing Averitt with pride and supporting your community through Team Up!
Community Challenge project updates and photos to KILEY BALDWIN in Marketing and Communications, and we’ll share your success stories with the team! T m
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